PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by John Blaze - Fat Joe Ft. Nas, Big Pun, Raekwon. Mitsuyo Maeda is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Blaze
vs
Maeda

162 cm
29
135 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

170 cm
28
142 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mitsuyo Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maeda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maeda moves out of range as Blaze strikes.
Maeda moves out of range as Blaze strikes.

Maeda fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Blaze to the ground. Maeda is now in Blaze's guard.

Blaze throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Maeda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maeda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Maeda makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Maeda throws an elbow that misses. Blaze uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Maeda's guard. Nice move by Blaze!

Maeda is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Maeda looking for a sweep. Not yet Maeda, not yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda has control of Blaze's left arm, preventing Blaze from doing any damage.
Maeda is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Maeda winds up and cracks Blaze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Maeda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Maeda scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blaze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maeda.
Blaze trying to control but Maeda postures up.
Blaze taking some punishment here, with Maeda in his half guard.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet.
Maeda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Maeda.
Maeda winds up and cracks Blaze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maeda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blaze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maeda on the ground.
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blaze with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaze tries to roll over but Maeda keeps him under control.
Blaze keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet.
Blaze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maeda.
Blaze is looking to escape.
Maeda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maeda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Blaze won't allow Maeda to pass to mount.
Blaze has hold of Maeda's hands but Maeda slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet.
Blaze taking some punishment here, with Maeda in his half guard.
Maeda landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maeda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maeda lands a nice short elbow.
Maeda scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Maeda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maeda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Maeda connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Maeda lands a heavy elbow.
Maeda unloading with bombs!
Maeda with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maeda landing strikes, looking to finish!
Blaze is bucking up trying to escape but Maeda cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Maeda scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maeda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blaze is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Blaze in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maeda has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maeda landing strikes from the mount.
Maeda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Maeda lands a heavy elbow.
Blaze wants to hold on but Maeda pushes him away.
Maeda punishing his opponent with strikes.
Maeda is landing with some decent strikes but Blaze is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blaze is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Maeda landing punches.
Maeda scoring with strikes but Blaze is staying in there.

Blaze is rocked!
Maeda lands a big elbow.
Oh Blaze is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Blaze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Maeda lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maeda connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Maeda scoring with strikes but Blaze is staying in there.
Maeda has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blaze's face.
Maeda landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maeda landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuyo Maeda dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blaze throws a poor cross that misses

and Maeda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Blaze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maeda manages to get himself to full guard.
Blaze seems to have got his legs back now.
Maeda is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blaze tries to stand but Maeda is controlling from the bottom.
Maeda wants to sweep but no luck.

Maeda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blaze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maeda is on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maeda is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Maeda postures up.
Blaze wants to stand but Maeda is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda scoring with some ground and pound.

Maeda avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Maeda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Maeda lands a couple of digs.
Maeda is in close to Blaze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maeda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maeda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maeda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maeda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maeda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Maeda tries to free his leg and advance position but Blaze is retaining full guard.

Blaze escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Maeda gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Maeda landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maeda is in close to Blaze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maeda is in close to Blaze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maeda working some strikes from top position.
Maeda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blaze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maeda lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Maeda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blaze can't keep his opponent in guard - Maeda advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Maeda winds up and cracks Blaze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mitsuyo Maeda has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maeda scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Maeda lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maeda lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blaze with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maeda working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maeda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Blaze has hold of Maeda's hands but Maeda slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Maeda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maeda stops Blaze from getting back to his feet.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Maeda thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blaze tries to kick Maeda off but Maeda keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Maeda working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Maeda.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maeda lands a nice short elbow.
Blaze is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blaze with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maeda is nestled in close to Blaze, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Blaze is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Maeda scores with a couple of nice shots.
Maeda is nestled in close to Blaze, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maeda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maeda is nestled in close to Blaze, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maeda lands strikes from half guard.
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blaze with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Maeda working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maeda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Maeda lands strikes from half guard.
Blaze is looking to escape.
Maeda landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuyo Maeda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Blaze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blaze throws a jab but it's blocked by Maeda.
Blaze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blaze throws a jab when Maeda was well out of range.
Blaze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maeda moves away from the strike by Blaze.
Blaze throws a predictable looking body shot

and Maeda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Maeda content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maeda accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maeda makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet but Maeda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Maeda postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maeda is in close to Blaze's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Maeda scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maeda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blaze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maeda postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Maeda keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blaze's head.
Maeda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maeda content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Maeda is working Blaze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maeda connects with a couple of short punches.
Maeda throws a big right hand that misses.

Blaze is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Maeda is aware though and is defending well.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet but Maeda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Maeda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Maeda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda is working Blaze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maeda is working Blaze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maeda lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Blaze preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maeda landing with the ground and pound.
Maeda connects with a couple of short punches.
Maeda is working Blaze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maeda lands a couple of digs.
Maeda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maeda pushes down on Blaze's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Blaze is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Maeda scores with a couple of nice shots.
Maeda working the head and body with strikes.
Maeda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze taking some punishment here, with Maeda in his half guard.
Maeda not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Maeda wants to pass to mount but Blaze is defending the position.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Maeda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze moves into full guard.
Maeda landing with the ground and pound.
Maeda postures up in Blaze's guard and throws a big left but Blaze blocks it.
Maeda lands a couple of elbows.
Maeda stops Blaze from standing up.
Maeda working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Maeda working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda landing with the ground and pound.
Maeda is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maeda preventing the sweep.
Maeda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maeda with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Maeda works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maeda working Blaze over with strikes.
Johnny Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaze wants to get back to full guard.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Blaze's hands, connecting with Blaze's forehead.
Nice strikes from Maeda there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maeda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Maeda drops an elbow to the side of Blaze's head.
Ground and pound from Maeda.
Maeda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitsuyo Maeda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maeda winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitsuyo Maeda!
Mitsuyo Maeda gave a mention to Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).